MAD Architects

MAD Architects has completed a large mixed-use development adjacent to a park in Beijing's central business district. The Chaoyang Park Plaza draws inspiration from Chinese paintings of nature and includes a pair of distinctive towers that are meant to resemble jutting mountain peaks.

Driven by incredible advances in engineering technologies, futurist architecture in the 21st century has resulted in strange alien structures. From starchitect Zaha Hadid to the expansive MAD Architects, we take a look at some stunning 21 century examples of futurist architecture.

​The latest proposal from MAD Architects is called Mirage. The design was shortlisted after a competition called for proposals to redesign the only skyscraper in Paris. It proposes to cover the facade of the monolithic building in concave mirrors creating an upside-down reflection of the city.

While it's unlikely that George Lucas will appreciate the irony, it seems fitting that a museum of storytelling should have such complex plot twists. Indeed, the troubled saga of the building of his Lucas Museum of Narrative Art is now on episodes three and four.

When you're one of the world's top symphony orchestras, it's only right that you should play in one of the world's best concert halls. That was the basis upon which MAD Architects worked when designing a new translucent, glowing, lotus-flower-inspired home for the China Philharmonic Orchestra.

MAD Architects' latest project involves the transformation of a family home into a kindergarten, complete with teaching spaces and slide. During construction, the existing prefabricated structure of the old home was retained and integrated into the new building.

MAD Architects has begun work on a new office building in the Chinese coastal city of Xinhee. Featuring the firm's usual futuristic and curving styling, the Xinhee Design Center also boasts significant sustainable design.

George Lucas has had a sorry old time trying to get the Lucas Museum built. Unveiled in 2014, it required a redesign to satisfy concerns over the loss of public land. At this point the project seemed to be on track, however it now transpires that the museum won't be built in Chicago after all.

MAD Architects​ is bringing its curvaceous​ brand of building design to Europe for the first time. The newly announced UNIC apartment block in Paris will be marked by offset, meandering floor plates that taper gradually as the building rises to make the most of the views.​

An alien spaceship has landed on the wetlands of Harbin, China. Designed by MAD Architects, the recently-completed Harbin Opera House sees the firm at the top of its game. The recently-completed project features two high-end theaters with a combined capacity of 2,000 patrons.​